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Re: [idea] troff -Troff


From: Larry McVoy
Subject: Re: [idea] troff -Troff
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:19:08 -0800
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30)

> > the roff language does not have a formal grammar
> 
> Not true, unless by "formal"  you mean "expressed as BNF".  The parser
> reads input and produces output.  Input not conforming to its syntax is
> rejected.  That couldn't be true without a grammar to compare it to.  

Gonna have to go with James here.  I have scripts that take troff -ms
input and produce slide decks.



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